Slovenia will hold a referendum in 2024 on whether to build a second nuclear power unit to replace the existing first unit at its only Krško nuclear power plant at the end of its extended lifetime in 2043. The decision was taken at a meeting hosted by..
Finland will send up to eight fighter jets and a mine-hunting naval vessel to take part in joint NATO operations in 2024, the country's defence ministry announced. The Finnish Air Force will participate in NATO air defence operations over Bulgaria,..
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is starting a tour of three Balkan countries - Albania, Bulgaria and Romania - from today until January 31. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. During the meetings, bilateral..
Nikolay-Tomas Georgiev has won the gold medal in one of the prestigious Riposta Cup saber competitions for male and female cadets in Bucharest (Romania), the Bulgarian Fencing Federation announced. In the final, Bulgaria's Georgiev defeated Thomas..
Turkey finally approves Sweden’s NATO membership bid After 20 months of delay, the President of Turkey Recep Erdogan signed off on the ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO. This brings the Scandinavian country one step closer to membership of..
Truck traffic is intense at the Bulgaria- Romania border checkpoints of "Kardam", "Danube Bridge - Vidin", "Nikopol" and "Oryahovo", the Border Police have reported. The traffic at the "Kapitan Andreevo" border crossing at the exit..
The energy ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding at a meeting in Athens to develop a number of renewable energy initiatives in the region. The three countries will work together to prepare joint..
Quite a few prestigious media outlets in Bulgaria and in Romania published information, over the past few weeks, that a fast train Ruse-Bucharest-Otopeni would start running as of the spring of 2024. It was said that the ticket would cost EUR 5 (25..
Bulgaria and Romania are working actively for the construction of a second bridge over the Danube between Ruse, Bulgaria and Giurgiu, Romania , Deputy Minister of Transport Dimitar Nedyalkov announced in connection with the regional conference..
Russia's war in Ukraine led to NATO's acceptance of an adapted forward presence package in Bulgaria and Romania. "We started talking about the Maritime Coordination Center in Varna, about intensified air policing, about a multinational division in..
